Info on ornate tsuba?

[Ken-Hawaii]

 

I'm not familiar with this workmanship, & would appreciate ideas.

[Ganko]

Mino Goto?

[Brian]

Mino Hippy?

Looks like a tsuba-shi discovered acid.

[Ken-Hawaii]

That's exactly what I thought, Brian! It's wakizashi-size, too, & he seemed to be cramming as much onto the surface as he could get.

 

Wait until you see how much he's asking for it, papered or not!  https://www.ebay.com/itm/TSUBA-Japanese-Sword-guard-credibility-genuine-Antique-Original-limited-Kikka/114176467435

 

Hope someone will read the kanteisho.

[Shugyosha]

Papers give it to Kyo kinko. Pretty naff though.

[Ken-Hawaii]

Naff? I've heard someone say to "naff off," but figure it's not nice.

[Brian]

It's mild
Kinda unfashionable/lame.

[Ken-Hawaii]

Sounds useful. Wonder why we don't have it in the U.S.?

 

BTW, thanks for the translation, John. Doesn't look like any Kyo-Kinko I've ever seen, either.

[Spartancrest]

Just checked his site - all his gear, and some of it very nice, is eye wateringly priced ! Out of my league.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_odkw=&_ssn=hirotakahori&item=114176467435&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2046732.m570.l1313.TR10.TRC1.A0.H0.Xtsuba.TRS1&_nkw=tsuba&_sacat=0

[PietroParis]

  On 4/8/2020 at 10:43 AM, Spartancrest said:

Just checked his site - all his gear, and some of it very nice, is eye wateringly priced ! Out of my league.

Bizarrely, his main lines of business appear to be kimonos and kinky dolls.

[Ken-Hawaii]

Probably selling better than ornate tsuba right now! 

[Kanenaga]

A couple more for your enjoyment.

NTHK attribution to Mino.

 

 

[Ken-Hawaii]

Nice pair, & probably priced less than the one I posted.

[mas4t0]

  On 4/8/2020 at 9:22 AM, Ken-Hawaii said:

Sounds useful. Wonder why we don't have it in the U.S.?

 

 

I think Ken that you'd maybe say 'tacky'.

 

I've heard American friends refer to naff things as being tacky, wack or lame.

[Spartancrest]

In Australia it's 'dodgy' or 'a bit dodgy', there is a gradient !

[mas4t0]

  On 4/9/2020 at 1:52 AM, Spartancrest said:

In Australia it's 'dodgy' or 'a bit dodgy', there is a gradient !

In England we use dodgy to mean something or someone unreliable or suspicious

 

So in Aus would dodgy mean naff too?

 

Also, here, 'a bit' is often a polite was of saying 'very'. ????

[Ken-Hawaii]

I guess every country has its own words to describe people. I had a friend spend a week with us from Sweden, & I probably asked him a dozen times just what he meant. But carry on with some more additions!